BISHOP, SIR RICHARD

""Road to Siam" shows Richard Bishop on a musical trip from the Iberian Peninsula all along through North Africa and the Orient to the Far East. "Mekong", the 11.22 minutes long centerpiece of the record, is an improvisation on 6-string guitar based on the particular ...
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"Rick Bishop picked up a new guitar in Switzerland, and by the time he got to Tangier, these songs fell out! Of the moment and in and out of time, the Tangier Sessions demonstrate how far a guitar can carry a man who knows how to ride one." (label info) more »

"After having released records on labels such as Locust, Drag City and John Fahey's Revenant, Richard Bishop's new Album called The Unrock Tapes will be released at Unrock. It contains eight complete tracks, six of which are highlights taken from earlier tour CDrs that ...
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"This 2014 release contains the first new solo acoustic recordings from the SUN CITY GIRLS' master guitarist in years. Sir Richard Bishop returns to familiar themes and introduces new ideas simultaneously on this tour de force performance of his singular style." (label ...
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